Buyer
Food Standards Agency
The tender notices in our corpus from Food Standards Agency, newest first, read from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. Each links to its own page and to the original.
- Notices in the corpus
- 430Counted in the corpus search index when this page was read, across every stage (forecast, tender, award, contract). The index is refreshed by the corpus, so the newest notices may be missing for a while.Counted at Thu 29 Oct 2026, 06:53 GMT.
- Newest notice published
- 26 Oct 2026
- Buyer type
- OtherThe corpus’s classification from the buyer name, as supplied.
- Read the buyer’s published records, newest first.
- Separate planning, live opportunities and historical outcomes.
- Read the original lot, value basis and documents.
- Investigate relevance before authorising response work.
Which notices has this buyer published?
Open notices are live tenders and forecasts. All notices also include historical ones: awarded, closed or past their deadline.
- Effect of probiotics on Campylobacter colonisation within the broiler gutFood Standards Agency · Published 19 Oct 2026A key component of the FSA work is to reduce the burden of foodborne disease in the UK. Campylobacter is the leading bacterial cause of foodborne disease in the UK, with chicken meat being the most common food source of exposure to this pathogen. Campylobacter is widespread in chicken farms, with£500,000Estimated value stated in the noticeCloses Mon 30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Extending the Cost of Food Crime Analysis: Additional Case Studies and Assessing the Impact of NFCU ActivityFood Standards Agency · Published 15 Oct 2026Food crime poses a significant cost to the UK economy, estimated to be between £410 million and £1.96 billion per year . Food crime encompasses a broad range of activities, including adulteration, substitution, misrepresentation, illegal processing and other forms of fraud that undermine food authen£100,000Estimated value stated in the noticeCloses Thu 12 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Meta-analysis of the variability of hemp (Cannabis sativa)Food Standards Agency · Published 9 Jun 2026The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is seeking early market input to inform a potential future procurement relating to the analysis of variation in the composition of hemp (Cannabis sativa). This work forms part of the FSA Novel Foods Programme and would contribute evidence to protect consumers from una£50,000Estimated value stated in the noticeForecast · Planning
- Effectiveness of interventions taken by UK slaughterhouses and meat cutting plants in response to unsatisfactory process hygiene criteria (PHC) resultsFood Standards Agency · Published 7 May 2026Regulation (EC) 2073/2005 on the microbiological criteria of foodstuffs sets rules for sampling frequencies for process hygiene criteria (PHC) in slaughterhouses and cutting plants. The regulation grants sampling exemptions for small meat processing establishments; however, it is poorly understood h£100,000Estimated value stated in the noticeForecast · Planning
- Service DeskFood Standards Agency · Published 17 Feb 2026We would like to invite suppliers on Technology Services 4 Lot 3a to a Pre-market Engagement via Microsoft Teams to discuss requirement for a new Service Desk contract. The scope of the requirements may be further reviewed after this meeting, following your feedback. The Teams meeting is scheduledValue not stated in sourceForecast · Planning
- Chemical Testing for Northern IrelandFood Standards Agency · Published 1 May 2025The National Reference Laboratory(ies) for Chemical and Contaminant Testing for Northern Ireland (NI) will play a vital role in protecting consumers from illness that could arise from the consumption of food or feed contaminated with chemical contaminants such as metals, nitrogenous compounds, proceValue not stated in sourceLive tender · Open
- Laundry Service Provision in approved establishmentsFood Standards Agency · Published 25 Jun 2024The current contract is for the provision of a national Launder only service of FSA garments from FSA Approved Meat Establishments (Slaughterhouses) with some home collections for Dairy Inspectors in England and Wales. <br/><br/>This contract will expire on 30 March 2025 and includes up to 750 colValue not stated in sourceForecast · Planning
- Bacterial Contamination of Bivalve Molluscs FS616026 NRLFood Standards Agency · Published 21 Mar 2024The National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) designated by the FSA and FSS in accordance with Assimilated Law 2017/625 are a critical part of our national infrastructure for delivering a safe and authentic food system. The NRLs play a pivotal role in food safety enforcement by providing support and imValue not stated in sourceForecast · Open
What has this buyer published most recently?
This preview follows the current page’s record order. It is a sample, not a complete history or a forecast.
- 01
Effect of probiotics on Campylobacter colonisation within the broiler gut
Estimated value stated in the notice
- 02
Extending the Cost of Food Crime Analysis: Additional Case Studies and Assessing the Impact of NFCU Activity
Estimated value stated in the notice
- 03
Meta-analysis of the variability of hemp (Cannabis sativa)
Estimated value stated in the notice
- 04
Effectiveness of interventions taken by UK slaughterhouses and meat cutting plants in response to unsatisfactory process hygiene criteria (PHC) results
Estimated value stated in the notice
- 05
How should you check a record before using it?
Follow its notice page to the original publication, then read the current document and value basis.
A published amount may describe a contract, lot or framework ceiling. The wording beside each record states the basis supplied by the source.
Publications: Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
- Open the linked tender page and its original publication, where recorded.
- Separate publication, award and response dates.
- Read the value basis; a framework ceiling is not money spent.
- Use the named organisation; do not merge a group parent by assumption.
How much time should you allow to review this page?
Multiply the visible record count by your own review time. Follow-up documents are extra work.
Plan this page’s review
8 records on this page × your minutes per record.
Five minutes is an illustration. Later pages and linked documents are additional work.
- First record5
- Remaining records on this page35
What should you investigate first?
Check the notice’s stage and scope before treating it as available work.
- Record01
Open one relevant notice
Keep its identifier and original publication together. - Context02
Separate invitation from outcome
Planning and award notices are not current invitations. - Evidence03
Read the current documents
Follow scope, lots and updates; resolve missing information through the buyer. - Decision04
Record why it matters
Keep facts separate from eligibility or future-demand assumptions. - Action05
Name a useful follow-up
Decide whether preparation work is justified.
An editorial review sequence, not a buyer timetable or predicted cycle.
What can you safely conclude from these records?
Use the facts each record states. A page of notices or awards does not establish market share, a win rate or future demand.
Review the recorded limitations below. Missing data stays missing, and organisations are linked only when the corpus supplies a page key.
- The corpus and this page are bounded views of published records.
- No organisation-wide spend or awarded-value total is calculated here.
- A named buyer link is not evidence of a wider group relationship.
- Past records do not establish the next opportunity’s date or value.
Where can you investigate next?
Use the guides to resolve the notice stage, framework or evidence question.
| Next record or guide | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Search Contracts Finder records | Understand the next part of the bid |
| Separate frameworks from contracts | Understand the next part of the bid |
| Check the invitation’s stage | Understand the next part of the bid |
| Check security evidence | Understand the next part of the bid |
The next decision needs a record someone can check.
What is the useful next action?
Open a relevant notice and establish whether there is work your team should investigate.
Keep the source, uncertainty and decision together.
Explore current and past tenders →- Locate a relevant published notice.
- Follow original documents and the stage.
- Resolve evidence and delivery questions.
- Keep a specific action and its reasons.
What are the limits of this record?
- Notices are linked to this buyer by a slug made from the buyer name on each notice. A notice that writes the name differently may be under another buyer, or none.
- Buyer type is the corpus's classification from the buyer name, not an official category.
Where was this record read?
- Buyer
- food-standards-agency
- Read at
- Thu 29 Oct 2026, 06:53 GMT
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